Unidentified Battrach language

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The title of this article is conjectural.

Although this article is based on official information from the Star Wars Legends continuity, the actual name of this subject is pure conjecture.

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Members of the priest caste of the Battrach, a sentient reptilian-like species inhabiting the waterworld Arrakan, used a native spoken language.[1]

This section of the article assumes a specific path in the roleplaying adventure "Flight of the Jedi". Alternate paths may be noted in the "Behind the scenes" section. The events in this section may or may not have been confirmed as canonical within the Star Wars Legends continuity.
The language was used by members of the priest caste of the Battrach species (a Battrach pictured).

The language was used by members of the priest caste of the Battrach species (a Battrach pictured).

A protocol droid who served the Rebel Alliance member Carran[2] knew the language. At one point during the Great Jedi Purge and the Galactic Civil War, the droid accompanied a group of Jedi and their companions to Arrakan where they intended to meet the Rebel contact named "Narrock"—who, unbeknown to the group, was in reality Kithnarrock, a Leviathan living in the depths of Arrakan's ocean whom the Battrach worshipped as a god.[1]

While the group was exploring Arrakan's principal city, Kearleonis, for any leads to Narrock's identity, the protocol droid heard a group of Battrach priests conversing in their language about Kithnarrock's role as the creator of their world. The visitors to Arrakan ultimately made contact with the Duor, another sentient species native to the planet, who took them to meet Kithnarrock.[1]

Assumption ends here.

Behind the scenes

The Battrach language appeared in the second part of Phil Sidebotham's roleplaying adventure "Flight of the Jedi," which was published in the Spring 2000 twentieth issue of the Valkyrie magazine for use with West End Games' Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game. Since that article was released outside of the Lucas Licensing process,[1] it was considered non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity.[3] The adventure suggests that the protocol droid can either overhear the conversation in the language or intentionally listen in on it.[1]

Appearances

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Non-canon appearances

Notes and references

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Valkyrie "Flight of the Jedi" — Valkyrie 20
  2. ↑ Valkyrie "Flight of the Jedi" — Valkyrie 19
  3. ↑ Email from Jason Fry on July 9, 2012 — Used with permission. Lucasfilm treats material from the various unlicensed roleplaying game magazines as non-canonical with respect to the Star Wars Legends continuity, with the only exceptions being the existence of those worlds and star systems that are referenced in The Essential Atlas and its StarWars.com Online Companion, and any other details that were referenced in, and thus canonized by, an official source.